On one unforgettable day in 1969, George McDaniel and his comrades in the 1st Infantry Division, 18th Regiment, were preparing to be air-lifted out of an ambush site in a jungle near Lai Khe, …
On one unforgettable day in 1969, George McDaniel and his comrades in the 1st Infantry Division, 18th Regiment, were preparing to be air-lifted out of an ambush site in a jungle near Lai Khe, …
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Lontel Clemons of Goose Creek serves at the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) aboard Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
As a young submariner, Martin Sessler didn’t feel much as the watercraft slipped below the surface of the sea to descend hundreds of feet into darkness.
There’s no such thing as a “former marine.” Just ask Don Barton, a Marine Corps Veteran living in Goose Creek.
To the roughly 40,000 people who visit the Lowcountry’s treasured Angel Oak tree each year, Frank deLoach is an approachable artist, sitting beneath the tree’s canopy, hands trained on a large…
To the roughly 40,000 people who visit the Lowcountry’s treasured Angel Oak tree each year, Frank deLoach is an approachable artist, sitting beneath the tree’s canopy, hands trained on a large…
The year was 1942, and Lenny Singer—just a teen—sensed the draft was coming for him. The world was at war, and Uncle Sam had already forced many of the Springfield, Illinois native’s high scho…
It was the Hollywood screen and America’s favorite gun-slinging actor of the 1940s that first ingrained a love for the Marines into young Clifton Jones. Watching battles on the big screen intr…
Eugene Merlo always knew he would one day serve his country, especially after his older brother Paul joined the military.
Edwin McKinney rarely leaves home without covering his head with a ball cap identifying him as a World War II veteran. He has three different military hats—each one often attracting strangers …
Ralph Rohrssen served in tense times.
Brandon Cox will denounce any claims that he’s a hero. Having served active duty Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Cox, who spent his military career recovering and disabling active milit…
Matthew Shelton can’t forget freshman year at his Georgia high school watching the news coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While he had always planned to serve his country through the mil…
When Teresa Wilkes joined the Army, personnel told her that women did not see combat.
Luke Bollenberg started connecting the dots.
Gerry Pothier spent almost four decades in the U.S. Marines, he is a veteran of two major conflicts. The retired Captain fought from the air, on the ground as an infantryman and in an artiller…
Gerry Pothier spent almost four decades in the U.S. Marines, he is a veteran of two major conflicts. The retired Captain fought from the air, on the ground as an infantryman and in an artiller…
Mark Phillips’ father almost engaged in battle.
Mark Phillips’ father almost engaged in battle.
U.S. Air Force SMSgt. Jeffrey D. Arnold will retire on April 1 from active duty service after 23 years at Hurlburt Field AFB in Florida.
Walton Jones never imagined that he would join the armed forces.
Walton Jones never imagined that he would join the armed forces.
When Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas left the military, she faced a challenge unlike any other—perhaps one more difficult than the service itself.
For most of his childhood, surgeon Dr. Michael Michel put off the idea of following the military path his father had forged. But despite the unique travel opportunities of the service, it was …
James Sutherland served in United States Navy for 11 years during peacetime and wartime. Medical issues brought him back to civilian life but his faith in America and his patriotism is as stro…
Arthur Ellis vividly recalls his days as a runner in the United States Army during World War II where he traveled by foot, Jeep and horse, delivering confidential messages enclosed in an envel…
Arthur Ellis vividly recalls his days as a runner in the United States Army during World War II where he traveled by foot, Jeep and horse, delivering confidential messages enclosed in an envel…
Glenn Birdwhistell joined the armed forces as soon as he could, but his initial intentions weren’t to stay.
Earlier this year Knightsville resident Todd Howard celebrated military service totaling two decades—he’s served his country off-and-on since 1990. Though it’s not a life he regrets, it’s also…
Glenn Birdwhistell joined the armed forces as soon as he could, but his initial intentions weren’t to stay.
Arlington Sanford is the commander at VFW Post 10256 in Goose Creek. Now 92 years old, the World War II veteran recently provided some detail about his time serving in the Army during his time…
